Darfur, Sudan: two men collecting mud from a lake in a volcanic crater; the mud is sold for cooking and medicinal purposes. Photograph by W.H. Greany, 1939.

  • Greany, W.H., active 1930-
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1939
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580988i
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Darfur, Sudan: two men collecting mud from a lake in a volcanic crater; the mud is sold for cooking and medicinal purposes. Photograph by W.H. Greany, 1939. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1939

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1 photograph : photoprint ; image 11 x 16.1 cm

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Jelal Meidob, Darfur, Sudan, 1939. Lake in crater of extinct volcano. The natives dive for mud which is dried and marketed in the northern Sudan as a cooking soda and as a medicine for indigestion. It is a mixture of carbonates and bicarbonates. In Arabic it is called gardiga. Photograph: Dr. W.H. Greany, SMS Photograph verso bears stamp: "Dr. N.L. Corkhill, March 1947" Lettering attached to sheet on photograph verso

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